The Renaissance
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1335 |
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1338–1453 |
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1348–1350 |
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1349–1353 |
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1387–1399 |
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1428 |
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1453 |
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1473 |
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1474 |
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1492 |
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1494 |
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1502 |
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1503 |
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1511 |
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1512 |
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1516 |
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1517 |
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1519 Charles I of Spain becomes Roman Emperor, Charles V |
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1521 Second edition of Orlando Furioso |
1521 Luther is excommunicated |
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1524 Francis I is captured in battle against the armies of Charles V |
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1527 |
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1528 Castiglione’s Book of the Courtier published; he dies the following year |
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1531 |
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1532 |
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1533 |
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1534 Rabelais’s Gargantua |
1534 |
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1536 |
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1546 Rabelais’s Third Book |
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1547 Francis I dies; Henry II accedes to the French throne |
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1549 Rabelais’s Fourth Book |
1549 |
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1551 |
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1555 |
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1558 |
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1559 |
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1563 |
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1571? |
1571 |
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1581 Tasso’s Jerusalem Delivered |
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1586 |
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1588 |
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1590 Sir Philip Sidney’s revised Arcadia |
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1596 |
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1597 |
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1597–1604 |
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1598 |
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1600 |
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1611 |
1608 |
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1620 Colony founded by Pilgrims at Plymouth, Massachusetts |
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1633 |
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1641 René Descartes publishes his Meditations on First Philosophy |
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1643–1715 |
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1645–1649 |
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1655? |
1655 |
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1660 |